Shen Qinghe, legitimate daughter of the Prince of Jing’s household in the Great Jing, is the orphaned daughter of Li Mingyue, the “Goddess General.” She appears spoiled and willful, but hides peerless Cloud-Splitting Spear techniques and astonishing military strategy. Behind the vermilion palace walls of the capital, the Prince of Jing frames her and secret attacks rain down from court. Wearing her spoiled manner as a mask, she carefully advances her plans. Yet among her mother’s belongings, she unexpectedly uncovers a shocking secret: hidden inside the Cloud-Splitting Spear is a map of the northern frontier’s defenses. And this secret is closely entwined with the mysterious serious injury her mother suffered years ago.
Smoke rises over the northern frontier as the Beidi and Xirong forces join hands to besiege the city. Xiao Ce is gravely wounded, and Yanmen Pass teeters on the brink of disaster. Donning armor and taking up her spear, Shen Qinghe volunteers to lead the expedition as a woman. On the battlefield, she shatters enemy formations with the Cloud-Splitting Spear and drives them back with ingenious tactics, only to discover that every enemy attack lands precisely on a weakness in Great Jing’s defenses. The young general Xiao Yu goes from clashing with her to fighting at her side, but some hidden secret seems to lie behind their alliance as two formidable forces.
Who is secretly colluding with foreign enemies within the court? Was her mother’s grievous injury no accident? How many more deadly secrets does the Cloud-Splitting Spear conceal? Watch as this legitimate daughter turned general takes up her spear and breaks through the trap, tearing away layers of deception amid flashing blades to continue a suspenseful, stirring legend of a woman who fights to defend her homeland.
